{"id":317,"date":"2023-02-14T14:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/?p=317"},"modified":"2023-02-14T14:14:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T19:14:01","slug":"artist-feature-petra-soesemann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/artist-feature-petra-soesemann\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist Feature: <strong>Petra Soesemann<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Interested in human perception and the working of the mind, Petra Soesemann creates work that is fundamentally concerned with the manipulation of the formal qualities of art (color, texture, form, structure, pattern, geometry, and rhythm, among other factors). She watches for the ways these come together in what she calls \u201cthe visual event,\u201d a moment when the formal qualities of a work converge in a way that seems almost magical to hold the viewer\u2019s attention without being predictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soesemann lives and works in Wooster, Ohio, after teaching and serving as the chair of the foundation department at the Cleveland Institute of Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cia.edu\/alumni\/alumni-profiles\/petra-soesemann\">Artist Profile<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2354-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2354-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2354-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2354-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2354-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2354-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Petra Soesemann, <em>Fortune Factory<\/em>, 2022. Fabric and thread. \u00a9 Petra Soesemann. Photo by Tracy Mathys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"319\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2317-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2317-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2317-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2317-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2317-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2317-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Petra Soesemann, Last\/Lost Time, 2022. Fabric and thread. \u00a9 Petra Soesemann. Photo by Tracy Mathys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2350-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2350-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2350-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2350-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2350-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2023\/02\/EDL_2350-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Petra Soesemann, Lumber&#8217;s Slumber, 2022. Fabric and thread. \u00a9 Petra Soesemann. Photo by Tracy Mathys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cleveland Institute of Art: Petra Soesemann\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SeoTYkzbwoY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in human perception and the working of the mind, Petra Soesemann creates work that is fundamentally concerned with the manipulation of the formal qualities of art (color, texture, form, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,17],"tags":[25,7,19,15],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist-feature","category-spring23events","tag-announcement","tag-cwam","tag-essential-matter","tag-spring-2023-programming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/museum-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}